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Patented May 14, 1929.

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HUGO F. SCHROEDER, O11" TRRINGTON, CNNECTICUT, ASSGITOR TO THE SCHROEDER BROTHERS MFG. CQMPANY, `il, CORPORATION OF CNNECTIGUT.

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Application led June 15, 1927. Serial No. 198,954.

My invention relates to a printers chase. It has for its object to provide an 1m: proved printers chase having improved means for retaining the type therein. A further object of my invention is to provide an improved chase of the type utilizing an adjustable and removable type frame, ha ving improved means whereby, while still permitting the adjustment and removal of the type trame, the latter is so held 1n place in the chase frame as to make the whole more readily handled and less dangerous. More particularly, my invention has among its objects to provide improved means whereby while the type iframe may be adjusted and removed as desired, one end oi the latter is readily and securely connected in such manner to the chase as to hold it in position when the printers hands are in their normal positions upon the chase,and thereby obviate the special care` in handling heretofore required to prevent the type frame from dropping out of the chase.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown for purposes of illustration, two embodiments which my invention may assume in practice.

In these drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a printers chase equipped with my improven1ent, cer tain parts being broken away to facilitate illustration j Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; j h n Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing a section of the upper part of the chase frame;

Fig. l is an enlarged detail` view on line 4-4l of Fig. 1, showing a section of the lower part of the chase frame;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail elevational view of one of the lower ends of the type trame;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation et the parts shown in Fig. 5, and

Fig. l is a reduced vertical sectional view through the bottom of a chase of a modified construction. j l

In the form or my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, l have shown it applied to a printerls `chase of generally standard construction including a usual rectangular chase trame, generally indicated at 1 and comprising the usual flanged members 2, 3,

a and 5 adapted to receivev a type frame, generally indicated at 6. Herein, the latter frame is also of a usual adjustable type presenting usual vertical members 7 and 8 and crosspieces 9 of suitable length, the members 9 being notched and adjustable vertically to vary as desired the size ot' the type opening between the members 7 and 8 and the cresspieces 9 through usual adjust-ing means including the usual notched screw slides 10 and cooperating links 11 carrying pins receivable in. the notches in the slides 10 and crosspieces 9, while the members 7 and 8 are similarly adjustable laterally, one of the vertical members, as for example the member 8, being provided with a usual extension 12 adapted in different sizes and dispositions of the type trameto lit into any one` of a series oit corresponding slots or grooves 13 in the upper rlange 2, and in each position to hold the type trame against lateral displacement.

In my improved construction, improved means are provided whereby the lower end of the type frame 6, usually the edge opposite the slots 13, may be readily connected to the frame 1 in such manner that when the printer holds the chase in a normal way, with his two hands at the upper corners holding in the trame 6, the bottom end et the type frame may not slip out as heretofore and spill or damage the type or endanger the printer, as often results, the type and :trame being heavy. These means may assume different forms, but in this illustrative construction I have shown them as com prising cooperating interlocking means on the bottom of the frame 1 and on the bottom of the frame G adapted to drop into interlocking relationship in a normal assembling of the frames without the necessity for a separate operation. The means on the trame 6 comprise one or more, preferably two, eX- tensions la on the frame 6, herein, as prei.Ew erably, provided on the lower ends of the members 7 and 8, while the cooperating means on themember 1 comprises a groove 15 extending longitudinally oiE the flange l and between the same and the usual body on which said flange is formed. To` facilitate assembly or separation of the type frame in the chase while still enabling a precise and rigid assembly to 4be made, one of the edges, as the edge 16 of the extension 14, is also preferably slightlyrounded, as indicated in Fig. 6, this edge 16` preferably Abeing that engaging with the wall 17 of the that these features are so embodied in the construction that the usual bottom surfaces 19 and 2Ov on the members 7 and 8 will engage and rest, respectively, upon the surfaces 21 and 22 on the bottom of the frame llin'the desired manner while the extensions 14 are seated in the groove 15 when in assembled position.

As a result of my im nrovement, it will be evident that the type frame 6 may be inserted readily into the frame 1 after bringing the frames into an angular relation with the extensions 14 leading tothe slot 15 and with thel surfaces 16 on the extensions y against the wall 17 of the slot and the surfaces 18 engagin(i the opposite 4flat surfaces `of the extensions 14. For example, with .the parts in this relation, by simply moving the type frame toward its assembled position, the extensions 14 will enter the slot 15 as therextension 12 on the top of the type frame is moved toward the selected one of its cooperating slots 13. It will also be evident that with the parts in this position t-he printer does not have to be disturbed as tothe possible release of the type frame at the bottom, with consequent trouble and delay and possible danger to himself; it instead being made possible for the printer readily Vand certainly, when his hands are in natural posit-ion, to carry the .chase from place to place or reach ovei` and insert it in the press without fear of losing its contents, slipping out of the latter being impossible solong as merely the tops of the frames are held together.

` Attention is also directed to the fact that by reason of the extension and groove arrangement provided, it is made possible to permit any desired location of the members 7 and 8 in the frame 1 without in any way interfering with the interlocking of the frames G and 1. Vhile one extension may be used, it will be noted that through providing a plurality of extensions a more se cure connection is provided. Moreover, it will be noted that the `extension and groove construction is exceedingly simple and one well adapted to withstand wear, and which alsomay be provided at small expense, my improved grooves and extensions being capable of being incorporated readily in the These and other advantages of my improved construction will, however, be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art. n

InFig. 7 I have shown a mod-ined construction especially desirable when it is desired to permit the type space in the type frame to be increased. In this form, it will be noted that the wall 17 is shortened as desired, the same herein being of the same height as the other wall of the slot 15, while the slot is deepened as desired, the same herein extending substantially down through the bottom melnber 4. In the preferred form shown, any weakening caused by the deepening of this slot is also overcome by providing an upstanding wall 23 back of the surface 22. Such a construction permits the lower ends of the members 11 to enter into the slot or groove 15 until the opposite ends of the pins 24 carried by these links engage the surfaces 21, 22 with a corresponding increase in the capacity of the type frame. It will of course also be understood that when such a construction is used the lower ends of the members 7 and 8 are correspondingly modified to cooperate with the modified member v4 and )ei-mit the further downward movement of the member 9, and that the relieved surfaces heretofore described are also provided.

While various modifications may be made in my construction and the same embodied in different forms of means or provided with differently disposed surfaces, it is my intention to include all such modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a printers chase, a chase frame, a removable type frame receivable therein, and pivotal connections therebetween permitting pivotal insertion and removal of the latter and holding the lower end of the latter from slipping out of the former when the frame tops are held together.

2. In a printer-s chase, a chase frame, a removable type frame receivable therein, and pivotal connections therebetween permitting pivotal insertion of the latter and holding the lower end of the latter from slipping out of the former when the frame tops are held together, said connections including a. projection on the bottom of one frame and an aperture in the other.

3. In a printers chase, a chase frame, a. removable type fra-mc receivable therein, and pivotal connections therebetween permitting'pivotal insertion of the latter and holding the lower end of the latter from slipping out of the former when the frame tops are held together, said connections including a projection on the bottom of one frame and a slot in the bottom of the other.

4. In a. printers chase, a chase frame, a removable type frame receivable therein, and pivotal connections therebetween permitting pivotal insertion of the latter and holding the lower end of the latter from slipping out of the former when the frame tops are held together, said connections including a.. projection on the bottom of one frame and an aperture in the bottom of the other, and said projection and aperture having relieved surfaces facilitating assembly thereof.r

5. In a printers chase, a chase frame, a removable type frame receivable therein, and pivotal connections therebetween holding the lower end of the latter from slipping out of the former when the frame tops are held together, said connections including a projection on the bottom of one frame and a slot in the other, and said projection and said slot having relieved edges facilitating assembly thereof.`

6. In a printers chase, a chase frame, a removable type frame fitting therein, and interlocking pivot means each forming a stationary part of the bottom of a different. frame and enabling the bottom of said type frame to engage said chase frame in interlocking relation and without lateral play as the frames are broughttogether at the top.

7, In a printers chase, a chase frame having a longitudinal slot in its bottom, and a removable type frame having an extension on its bottom movable angularly into said slot and cooperating surfaces spaced from the end of said extension and engaging the chase frame on opposite sides of its slot.

8. In Ia printers chase, a chase frame having a longitudinal slot in its bottom, and a removable type frame having a portion thereof receivable in said slot and positioned thereby when said type frame is moved about the slot as a pivot.

9. In a printers chase, a chase frame having a longitudinal slot in its bottom, and a removable type frame having extensions on its bottom and adjusting mechanism including depending portions between said extensions, said type frame having its extensions receivable in said slot as said frame. is pivoted thereon and its depending portions likewise receivable in said slot. i

l0. In a printers chase, a chase frame having a longitudinal slot in its bottom, and a removable type frame having an extension on .its bottom receivable in said slot and forming a pivotal connection as the frames are brought together, said chase and'type frames presenting surfaces abutting at different levels on opposite sides of said slot.

ll. In a printerschase, a chase frame having longitudinal slot in its bottom, and a removable type frame having an extension on its bottom receivable in said slot and forming a pivotal connection as the frames are brought together, said chase and type frames presenting surfaces abutting at different levels on opposite sides of said slot, and said slot and extension having relieved edges facilitating the assembly of said frames. j i

l2. A chase frame including a series of transverse slots in one edge thereof, a removable type frame having a projection receivable in one of said slots, and means en the opposite edges of said frames for pivotally connecting said frames While permitting disposition of said projection in any slot and holding said type frame from slipping out in any position thereof when said frame is held in place at the top.

13. A chase frame including a series of transverse slots in one edge thereof, a removable type frame having a projection receivable in one of said slots, and means on the op posite edges of said frames for pivotally connecting said frames while permitting disposition of said projection in any slot and holding said type frame from slipping out in any position thereof when said frame is held in place at the top, said means including a projection on the bottom of the type frame and a slot in the bottom of the chase frame and relieved edges on said projection and slot facilitating assembly thereof.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HUGO F. SGHROEDER.

CERTIFICATE GF CORRECTIGIIu Patent No. 1,712,741. Granted May 14, 1929, to

HUGO F. SCHROEDER.

it is hereby oertifie that error appears in the printed sneeiiioation et the oaove numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 113, claim 2, niter the word "in" insert the words "the bottom oi"; page 3, line 18, claim o ,betere the word "enabling" insert the words "permitting pivotal insertion of tire type trame and"; and that the said Letters Patent shonid be read with these oorreotions therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ditiee.

Signedl and sealed this 18th day of June, A. D. 1929.

M. J. Moore, i

(Seat) Acting Commissioner oi Patents. 

